[Aileen241]

im afraid im not the author of any threads on Prolapsed Bowels, sorry
but i do hope your little chin pulls through , very best wishes :grouphug:

[Andria]

:grouphug: Wishing your little one all the best for a full recovery. Fingers crossed that she pulls through this.

[paulag]

I did some enquiring around earlier and found a guinea pig person who has had prolapsed bowel in two guinea pigs. I just wanted to let you knwo that they recommended exactly what your vet has done.

Paula

[Suki]

sorry i cannot help either.i have experienced it once.chins was fine running about with her 2 week old baby, less than 30 mins later when i went in she was laid dead in a pool of blood.in that short time her bowel had prolapsed and she had chewed it to try to get rid of it.it all happened so quickly :*(

hopefully your chins bowel will stay in place.if it does come back out just make sure it stays moist and doesnt dry out.this is very important.

[Pinky]

Hope you chin is fine. One of our chin once have this problem. I think it wasn't as serious as yours. It happen because she was under stress and wasn't eating properly. After which she had a prolapse bowel. We were recommended by someone to use ice to press against her anal and prolapse area. This caused a contraction and the prolapse bowel was suck into her system again. After which a vet visit is in place to check that she is fine. I hope this help.

This post has been edited by Pinky: 29 August 2004 - 03:37 AM

[Fluffy_Bunny]

Hiya,

Sorry i didn't see this sooner. My Poppy with the prolasp had a purse string stitch in and she didn't poop until they removed the stitch she did get runny poop after they removed it but it has gone now and you wouldn't even know she had had the problem by looking at her bits.

my vet did say if it came out to soak some cotton wool in some saline sloution and to try and push it back in as shelley's hubby did and that should to the trick.

the vet also said that in dogs and cats they just take the prolasp off and stitch the remaining intestine to the colon again but in chins it's paper thin so that doesn't work.

Hope some of this helps

Sarah

p.s. i also gave some calpol as i thought poppy might be in pain so that might be worth thinking about

[Donna]

:grouphug: how are things jenny???

[jeni]

cheers everyone

she still got the stitch in, and was pooing fine but now going downhill :*( . SHe losing weight fast ans refusing to eat, going to try force feeding her but she so week now was put under three times and that weeken her and now not eating :*( . Begining to wonder if something else underlying???
Any good tips on force feeding and what to try are gratefully accepted.She gone from 414g to 343g this morning?
She has not prolapsed again but has redish liquid oozing from her bottom, she had this friday when took her back to vets, and he said not to worry but I am a bit now, its getting worst and vets shut till tuesday.
thanks
jenny

[jill murfin]

Aileen241, on Aug 26 2004, 08:43 PM, said:

im afraid im not the author of any threads on Prolapsed Bowels, sorry
but i do hope your little chin pulls through , very best wishes :grouphug:

sorry Aileen it wasn't the topic i was trying to refer to but your vet's name as i was sure you had said he was good and willing to give advice to other vets -- - - - i may well have got it totally wrong! I had a feeling he was called Mr Laurie but as i say i may have been totally off beam!!!! Sorry if i have caused any confusion i didn't mean to ! :headscratch: :grouphug: :bagonhead:

[jill murfin]

jeni, on Aug 29 2004, 05:21 PM, said:

She has not prolapsed again but has redish liquid oozing from her bottom, she had this friday when took her back to vets, and he said not to worry but I am a bit now, its getting worst and vets shut till tuesday.
thanks
jenny

Jeni i think i would be getting an emergency vet to take a look as its a long time before Tuesday. Here's hoping she is ok but if she was my little one i would be at the vets right now. Do let us know how she gets on :grouphug: :kiss:

[jeni]

my vets dont do an emergency out of hours call out
getting really worried now she looking terrible wont even try to atempt to swallow the ground pellets and baby food or try to drink bearly standing :*( going to go through the phonebook look for another vets dont know what else to do havnt even got the car! family gone out for the day i stayed to look after her.
But i know any vet going to take one look at her now and put her down.
anyone anything else i havnt thought of????
jenny

[paulag]

I'm sorry - I wish I could think of something else to suggest. Please remember that you are doing everything that you can for her.

Paula

[Merlin]

:grouphug: My thoughts are with you.

[Donna]

:grouphug: aww Jeni I do wish i could help your doing everything :grouphug:

[Lyndy]

So Sorry to read this, I did have a Degu with a prolapsed bowel, and they got that back successfully at the 2nd attempt. Best of Luck :grouphug: